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at the time of Exam

1919
ELGIN
ILLUMINATED
INVERTED DIAL

50 MM ACROSS
64 MM WITH BALE

WITH

AWESOME
12 INCH CUSTOM MADE
DROP FOB

WITH

PHOTOS ABOVE ARE DEMONSTRATIONS OF
ROCK'S DAILY [2/17/12] WORKS
THE PHOTO TO LEFT IS A DIAL RESTORE FOR A VINTAGE OMEGA
PHOTO IN CENTER IS AN ALPINA TOTAL RESTORE ROCK IS OFFERING ON THE BAY
PHOTO TO THE RIGHT IS AN ELGIN REVERSE INVERTED DIAL OFFERED BELOW

Elgin National Watch Company
1864 - 1964

The ELGIN INVERTED dial - available in black &
white-- is alleged to have been originally developed to enable owners of cars, trucks and
airplanes/areoplanes [ including commercial] to convert an ELGIN SIZE 16 pocket
watched into dash clocks.

It is also alleged the reason it was inverted was
that:

a) the winding stem was at the bottom, making
is convenient to wind, and to protect the watch from soil dirt water.

b) the subseconds at the top made it easier to view
more precisely and time more precisely.

I believe it was both:

By 1908, speedometer companies were producing and
marketing clocks as after-market accessories. Over the next decade

In 1911 the first dash board Chronograph was
patented by Heuer. It had it's crown UP.

Between In 1912- 1925, Phinney-Walker and Waltham
made available car clocks that wound from the front rim of the clock.

Then came the eight day clocks. with winding from
bottom. [ Jaeger made an eight day with inverted dial ].

USAGE

During its day, the reverse dial was popular among
military personal, private drivers, pilots, race car drivers, and many others who required
an easy access dash mounted watch/clock device .

MILITARY

I have seen WWI photos of men wearing ELGIN
reverse/inverted dial pocket watches on LANYARDS around their necks. And I have overhauled
several ELGIN 15j inverted dial pocket watches with long loop-over-loop leather "belt
fob"s.

I have worked on some Japanese and German inverted
dial military pocket watches; including two Japanese ELGINS!

AIRCRAFT

Following World War I, the United States was swamped
with aviators who invested in war-surplus aircraft. These flyers earned income with
barnstorming campaigns and by performing aerobatic maneuvers at events. Many of these
flyers would EVENTUALLY join various commercial ventures.

In 1918, the United States Postal Service received
financing from Congress to begin experimenting with air mail service using Curtiss Jenny
aircraft procured by the United States Army Air Service. And in 1919 Chalk's International
Airlines began a service between Miami and Bimini in the Bahamas.

CONCLUSION

THIS BEAUTY IS A DATED 1919 ELGIN POCKET WATCH
WITH 17 JEWEL DAMASK MOVEMENT, SILVER OVER BRASS CASE WITH CUSTOM MILITARY EMBOSSED SCREW
DOWN CASE BACK AND SCREW DOWN BEZEL, WITH A BLACK LUMED NUMERALED INVERSE DIAL WITH LUMED
OVER SPADE HANDS AND A ROCK SPECIAL 12 INCH PROFESSIONAL CUSTOM WATCH FOB.

THIS OFFER IS FOR ONE
ELGIN
REVERSE DIAL
MILITARY WATCH

50 MM ACROSS
64 MM WITH BALE

AS YOU CAN SEE
THE DIAL DOES NOT HAVE A
"12"
THIS FACTORY DIAL HAS
SECONDS REGISTER
IN PLACE
OF THE
12

DIAL AND NUMERALS
ARE
ORIGINAL

NUMERALS
HAVE BEEN
RE-LUMED

THUS DIAL IS ALL ORIGINAL
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
ILLUMINATING
THE NUMERALS